Cowboys face familiar yet unfamliar foe in Chip Kelly's Eagles

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The Eagles have injury problems of their own. Outside of Vick, offensive lineman Jason Peters, safety Patrick Chung and safety Chris Polk are nursing injuries. Chung and Polk left last week's game and did not return.

For 14 seasons, the Cowboys prepared to play Eagles
teams coached by Andy Reid. Those teams ran a West Coast offense and a blitzing
4-3 defense. New coach Chip Kelly runs a faster-tempo offense and a 3-4
defense.

“Typically you would know your division opponents a little bit more,” Cowboys
coach Jason Garrett, said about his team’s upcoming foe. “It feels a little more
like another kind of game, a conference game or a game with an AFC team.”

A
job well done: Garrett praised the play to date of offensive tackles
Tyron Smith and Doug Free. He was especially effusive in discussing Free, who
has been oft maligned in the past for penalties and inability to stop defensive
ends.

“Doug simply has grown as a player,” Garrett said, citing his competitiveness
and “nastiness.”

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